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A federal civil jury has returned a verdict in favor of the United States for more than $43 million for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. During the six-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, the United States proved that the Defendants the Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc., which does business as Precision Lens, and its owner Paul Ehlen paid kickbacks to ophthalmic surgeons to induce their use of Defendants’ products in cataract surgeries reimbursed by Medicare.
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Vincent Deritis, 33, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced today to 50 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Deritis was also ordered to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
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A Joplin and Webb City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.
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A Jamaican man was sentenced yesterday for illegally reentering the United States after two prior removals.
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A Florida man previously convicted of sex crimes against a child was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Nashville to 15 years in federal prison for attempted production of child pornography or attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis.
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A Roundup man today admitted allegations that he coerced a minor girl into producing sexually explicit images of herself after providing the girl with a laptop, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearm laws, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
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A former Missouri state representative was sentenced in federal court today for a nearly $900,000 COVID-19 fraud scheme, as well as a separate $200,000 fraud scheme in which she made false claims about a fake stem cell treatment marketed through her clinics in southern Missouri, and for illegally providing prescription drugs to clients of those clinics.
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A Hyde Park man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to using a stolen identity to fraudulently obtain pandemic relief funds and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, previously known as Food Stamps.
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United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Watertown, South Dakota, man for two counts of Production of Child Pornography and one count of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.
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An Ava, Mo., man previously indicted for producing child pornography after photos of the child victim’s sexual assault were discovered at his former residence now faces additional charges that include victimizing a second child.
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Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a five-count indictment was unsealed charging Justin Dixon, a member of the Crips street gang, with sex trafficking, coercion and enticement of a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor and felon in possession.
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A former Pennsville, New Jersey, advanced practice nurse today admitted defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.
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Carla Burke, 63, of Anderson, Indiana was sentenced to 28 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and falsifying tax documents.
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A Southern California woman who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving a lengthy prison sentence has been returned to the United States after spending approximately one year as a fugitive.
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United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell has announced the implementation of the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy.
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A Redmond, Oregon woman was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison today for sexually abusing a six-year-old child, videorecording the abuse, and sharing the video online with a romantic partner.
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Marquis Jerome Pollard, 42, of Yemassee, South Carolina, was sentenced by the United States District Court in Connecticut to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm offenses related to an illegal gun trafficking operation.
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A Columbia County man has been sentenced to federal prison for creating and possessing images depicting the sexual exploitation of a child.
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U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Teiun Tyree Walker, 22, of Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou for being a felon in possession of a firearm.